ROAD NOT TAKEN ENG CBSE GR9 EASY FOR STUDYING.pptx

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1. WARM UP ACTIVITY

2. Vocabulary diverged: branched off; moved in a different direction undergrowth: small trees and plants growing beneath larger trees fair: promising; favorable claim: demand or right trodden: walked on hence: from this time

3. Literary Devices used in the Poem - The Road Not Taken 1.Rhyme Scheme: abaab 2.Symbolism: two roads which represents two or more choices in our life 3.Anaphora: ‘and’ repeated at the beginning of lines 2, 3 &4 ( Anaphora  is a figure of speech in which words repeat at the beginning of successive clauses, phrases, or sentences .) 4.Alliteration: Wanted Wear ‘w’ sound is repeating ‘ first for’ – ‘f’ sound is repeating ‘though, that’- ‘ th ’ sound is repeating 5.Repetition: ‘Ages’ is repeated. ‘Two roads diverged in a wood’- this sentence is repeated in stanzas 1 and 4.

4. CRITICAL THINKING /PROBLEMSOLVING APPLICATION IN REAL LIFE

5. WRITNG ASSIGNMENTS 1 .‘The Road Not Taken’ teaches the importance of making the best use of time and opportunity. Taking ideas from the poem ,together with your own ideas ,write a paragraph emphasizing the need of making the best out of available time and opportunities. (150 words) 2.The poem ,‘Road Not Taken’ is a poem of all times. Give reasons. 3. “I took the one less travelled by”,What do we come to know of the poet from this line?